Gambit vs. ETHERAL, Preview & Prediction - Free 10/16 CS:GO
Gambit is a massive favorite in this Best of 3 encounter, and the loss is not an option when they take on ETHERAL in the Group B match of the IEM New York 2020 CIS on Friday. Gambit is expected to beat ETHERAL and improve its chances of making it to the top three teams in the group and making it to the playoffs.
Gambit Team Stats and Latest Results
After going five consecutive matches unbeaten at the Flashpoint 2 Closed Qualifier and Flashpoint 2 Open Qualifier, Gambit lost the opening match to Spirit at the IEM New York 2020 CIS, despite winning the first map. They also suffered another defeat soon after, this time around it was to forZe at the Flashpoint 2 Closed Qualifier. Gambit won six of the previous nine matches.
During the past three months, Gambit was invincible on Overpass (played three times) and Vertigo (played twice), while they displayed strong performances on Dust2 (80.0% win rate). Following the chance of their team name from Gambit Youngsters to Gambit, they appeared on 19 maps since October this month and recorded 13 wins and six losses. The lineup consists of Hobbit (1.07 rating), interz (0.97), Ax1Le (1.20), sh1ro (1.29), and nafany (1.05).
ETHERAL Team Stats and Latest Results
ETHERAL qualified for this tournament thanks to a couple of wins over SG.pro and Invictus Int and even won the opening map in the first game against Winstrike. However, Winstrike bounced back and won the next two maps, allowing just 11 rounds to ETHERAL. ETHERAL lost four of the last seven games.
In the previous three months, ETHERAL was decent on Mirage (80.0%) and Nuke (75.0%), while they failed to get a victory on Vertigo, Overpass, Inferno, and Dust2. The former Unique assembled the current lineup in July this year and appeared on 19 maps with a record of nine wins and 11 losses. The team members are PASHANOJ (0.94), R0b3n (0.96), zorte (1.12), BELCHONOKK (0.87), and KENSI (0.97).
Gambit vs. ETHERAL H2H Record
These rivals have met on three occasions so far, and although ETHERAL (than Unique) won the first-ever H2H duel, Gambit managed to connect two victories since, not dropping a single map along the way.
Gambit vs. ETHERAL Betting Preview
The bookmakers are giving Gambit an absolute favorite role in this one and quite low odds on them to win, so I’d suggest you to avoid betting on the favorites. I am not sure Gambit will secure a 2-0 win, and that’s why I am not going to back them in the map handicap, but I am going with the Russians to cover a -9.5 spread. They didn’t allow more than nine rounds per map in the last two H2H encounters.
The Pick: Rounds Handicap (Incl. Overtimes) Gambit -9.5 (-192 @GG.BET)
